New Exhibition ‘Proximity’ at Ohio State Rounds Off the University Curriculum of Third-Year MFA Students | The Lantern
Urban Art Space's Proximity was recently featured in The Lantern.
From Clement Kasser for The Lantern:
"In the brand-new exhibition 'Proximity,' various artistic mediums and narratives related to concepts of 'labor, tenderness, ritual, perception, and possession' are on display.
The artists, all third-year Master of Fine Arts students on the verge of graduating, composed their art over the past year in their own studios. Self-appointed committees inside the Department of Art provided feedback to the 13 students throughout the process. The exhibition is on view now until March 19 at Urban Arts Space and a virtual walkthrough will be held on March 6.
Maggie Schmiegelow, a third-year MFA student in sculpture, said for the past two years she handled a lot of edible material for the sake of art. She works with caramel, which she said is almost similar to glass but less solid and kind of sweaty because it absorbs moisture from the air. The amber color and especially its consistency — fluctuating easily between liquid and solid states — fascinates her, Schmiegelow said."
